What is this philippine item called, its a white round bun with a red dot and filled with meat ?!
Answers:
It's Siopao (pronounced Show-Pow)!.
From Wikipedia:
"Siopao are Chinese steamed bread buns filled with meat (usually pork or chicken), vegetables or sweet filling (like red bean paste, sesame paste, custard, etc)!. "Siopao' is the Cantonese pronunciation for the steamed bread buns!.
Siopao is the Filipino version of the Chinese baozi (steamed buns)!. It is also called salapao in Thailand!.
It is a popular food item in the Philippines!. It does not require utensils to eat and can be consumed on-the-go!. Like baozi, there are several siopao stuffing varieties which could be either Asado or Bola-bola that may be using pork, chicken, beef, shrimp, eggs, and possibly chopped scallions and water chestnuts as well!.
Outside of the Philippines, many Filipino restaurants offer variants of siopao with local ingredients ranging from Spam and canned pineapple in Hawaii, to haute cuisine concoctions involving foie gras and truffles!. (Citation needed!.) It could also be possible for a very rare variant of "Cat Siopao" - where stuffed inside Mantou is cat's flesh!. In the Philippines, it's just usually a joke, but technically possible and most probably practiced!."Www@FoodAQ@Com
From Wikipedia:
"Siopao are Chinese steamed bread buns filled with meat (usually pork or chicken), vegetables or sweet filling (like red bean paste, sesame paste, custard, etc)!. "Siopao' is the Cantonese pronunciation for the steamed bread buns!.
Siopao is the Filipino version of the Chinese baozi (steamed buns)!. It is also called salapao in Thailand!.
It is a popular food item in the Philippines!. It does not require utensils to eat and can be consumed on-the-go!. Like baozi, there are several siopao stuffing varieties which could be either Asado or Bola-bola that may be using pork, chicken, beef, shrimp, eggs, and possibly chopped scallions and water chestnuts as well!.
Outside of the Philippines, many Filipino restaurants offer variants of siopao with local ingredients ranging from Spam and canned pineapple in Hawaii, to haute cuisine concoctions involving foie gras and truffles!. (Citation needed!.) It could also be possible for a very rare variant of "Cat Siopao" - where stuffed inside Mantou is cat's flesh!. In the Philippines, it's just usually a joke, but technically possible and most probably practiced!."Www@FoodAQ@Com
I know every answer has already said this but it's CHINESE! In Hawaii it's called Manapua, but it's all the same Chinese bun!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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It's called siopao!.!.!.it's a Chinese dimsum item that has become popular in the Philippines!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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